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When the rulebook runs out: Anna Bligh on leadership in a crisis

Features

Former premier Anna Bligh discusses evacuating a hospital while a cyclone loomed, finding leadership lessons in everyday life, and working from home for the first…

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Sonya Bennett: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

By The Mandarin

Defence

Dr Sonya Bennett is a public health physician who is the chair of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia and executive director of the Communicable Diseases…

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How have our local governments weathered COVID-19?

By Chris Woods

Community & Social

Mandarin Premium speaks to four councils across Australia to see how they responded to state shutdowns, what support they may still require, and where they…

Senior mandarin from Queensland’s education department stood aside

By Shannon Jenkins

Education

A senior bureaucrat from the Queensland Public Service has been stood aside, according to Department of Education director-general Tony Cook.

ACT, Queensland, SA follow national cabinet’s lead on lifting COVID-19 restrictions

By Shannon Jenkins

Australian Capital Territory

Several jurisdictions have announced their plans to relax coronavirus restrictions, shortly after the prime minister revealed national cabinet’s three-step roadmap for getting Australia back to…